Representative Lee Zeldin, a staunch conservative from Long Island and the leading Republican candidate in next year’s race for governor in New York, revealed that he was diagnosed with leukemia last year and has been receiving treatment. Mr. Zeldin, 41, told attendees at an Ontario County Republican Party dinner on Friday night that he had been grappling with the diagnosis of early-stage chronic myeloid leukemia since November 2020. “My health is phenomenal, and I continue to operate at 110 percent.”Mr. Zeldin had mentioned his diagnosis partly because the Ontario County party chairwoman, Trisha Turner, had been facing her own health crises. State Assemblyman Brian Kolb said that Mr. Zeldin had brought her roses, and drew a parallel to her struggles and his own. Mr. Kolb recalled Mr. Zeldin saying he had wanted to make sure that he had his illness under control before he began campaigning earlier this year.

Source: New York Times September 18, 2021 20:47 UTC